05-02-2007, 11:26 PM
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| Senior Member | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Seattle, Washington, USA
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Originally Posted by ZHereford  Pain is also a self-preservation mechanism intended to alert us and warn us of impending danger (emotional or physical). | I wonder: what impending danger is warned by heartbreak? Quote:
Originally Posted by ZHereford As far as ego goes, from a psychological point of view we need that too - a healthy, balanced one. | Elaborate.
__________________ "I read, I interpret, I think, I criticize, I oppose, I listen, I write, I question, I reply, I quote, I tell, I name, I discuss, I interpolate..., I learn, I teach, I live, therefore I am." -- Marc-Alain Ouaknin, "Mysteries of the Kabbalah", p383.
Favorite Essays I Wrote: love, identity & growth, economics, education, equality, definitions.
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